De-extinction of Dire Wolves

spectratg

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Colossal Biosciences is using groundbreaking de-extinction science to bring these ancient predators back to life. By editing grey wolf genes with DNA from fossils, they’ve recreated key traits of the dire wolves that roamed North America over 10,000 years ago. Now, three dire wolves are living in an undisclosed location—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi (yes, inspired by “Game of Thrones”). Colossal aims to do the same for other extinct species, like the dodo, Tasmanian tiger, and woolly mammoth.

What species would you want to see brought back to life next?
 

spectratg said:
Colossal Biosciences is using groundbreaking de-extinction science to bring these ancient predators back to life. By editing grey wolf genes with DNA from fossils, they’ve recreated key traits of the dire wolves that roamed North America over 10,000 years ago. Now, three dire wolves are living in an undisclosed location—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi (yes, inspired by “Game of Thrones”). Colossal aims to do the same for other extinct species, like the dodo, Tasmanian tiger, and woolly mammoth.

What species would you want to see brought back to life next?
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The Carolina Parakeet. Actually I think it's a great question, what would one like to see come back. Something I've not thought of, so thanks for the thought.
 

Flarbalard said:
The Carolina Parakeet. Actually I think it's a great question, what would one like to see come back. Something I've not thought of, so thanks for the thought.
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never heard of them but how unique and yes would love to see them bought back and another species which might not have been a natural extinction .

'' Large swaths of forest in the eastern U.S. had been cut down, and milliners sought out the parakeet’s bright feathers for women’s hats. Farmers also played a role in the extinction, killing the birds that many saw as pests. Given the uncertainty over the reasons behind the extinction, scientists didn’t declare the Carolina parakeet officially extinct until 1939.''

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...d-in-captivity-on-this-day-in-1918-180986054/
 
I'd bring back some of the honeybees. Maybe. It's all so dangerous, you never know when a nice little animal is going to become an invasive species, like rabbits in Australia.
 
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